Judge Joel M. Flaum, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, is the 2024 recipient of the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award. Flaum received the award in a Nov. 13 ceremony.
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Despite recent controversies and shifting dynamics, X (formerly Twitter) remains a vital space for engaging with influencers.
While some major publishers like The Guardian and NPR have announced their withdrawal from the platform, Sara Guaglione of Digiday reports the reality is that many influential voices—and the communities, including bloggers, they cultivate—are still active there.
Over a dozen major publishers, including The New York Times, Reuters, and Vox Media, continue to maintain a presence on X, per Guaglione. Even as referral … Read the rest
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The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.
Federal law limits the government’s ability to place a substantial burden on the free exercise of religion. Yet as long as Congress does not intentionally discriminate against a particular faith, the Supreme Court has permitted the legislative branch to manage internal government operations — for example, by allowing private development … Read the rest
On November 14, 2024, the Government of Canada announced the establishment of a Committee of Experts as the next step in its implementation of a national pharmacare program. The Committee is tasked with providing the Government with practical advice on the next phases of pharmacare.
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As we reported, on October 10, 2024, Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare (the Pharmacare Act) received Royal Assent and came into force. The Pharmacare Act sets out the “foundational principles” for … Read the rest
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:
- U.S. Supreme Court will not review St. Clair capital murder case (Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector)
- US Supreme Court rejects appeal over patent validity in Postal Service case (Blake Brittain, Reuters)
- Would Trump’s Justices Approve His Recess Appointments? (Jed Rubenfeld, The Wall Street Journal)
- FDR’s Compliant Justices (Jed S. Rakoff, The New York Review of Books)
- ‘This is
With a worsening shortage of Article III judges to resolve critical copyright, trademark, patent, and contract disputes, judges across the nation are faced with increasingly complex litigation and growing caseloads.
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:
- Lawyer who argued for Trump’s immunity at Supreme Court is tapped for solicitor general (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
- Trump picks lawyer who won his presidential immunity case for solicitor general (Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times)
- Supreme Court Wary of Big Ruling in Nvidia Shareholder Case (Greg Stohr, Bloomberg)
- Supreme Court Justices Discuss Peanut the Squirrel’s Death (James Bickerton,
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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of November 11, 2024. There were only two substantive decisions.
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Krieser v Seligman was a dispute regarding the construction of a $ 5 million home in Forest Hill that began in 2003 but did not get to trial until 20 years later. The owners were unsuccessful